Up and Vanished

”Inside Up and Vanished: In The Midnight Sun” takes listeners behind the scenes of this season of the podcast. Host Payne Lindsey sits down with Tenderfoot's Laura Benson to discuss the investigation into the disappearance of Alaska Native Florence Okpealuk. Payne reflects on some of the challenges of this season and his experiences on the ground in Nome, Alaska. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access...

It's been a few years since UAV covered Tara Grinstead's case, but Payne and the team are back for Ryan Duke's trial. This moment has been highly anticipated since the case broke in 2017, and after years of delays, we may finally get the answers to some of our burning questions. In this episode, the team recaps what has happened since 2017, and sets the stage for trial to begin on May 2, 2022. Join us for the final chapter...

From the Up and Vanished team comes The Vanishing Point. Episode 1: Hoopa Valley is located in the Pacific Northwest. It is a beautiful place with a rich history and culture but this land holds a dark secret, the high rate of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The Tenderfoot TV team heads to Hoopa to investigate why this tribal community is vulnerable to these issues and to hear the stories that have been ignored for so long...

Often Nome, Alaska is claimed to be settled by gold miners, but Alaska Natives have been in the sub-arctic area for thousands of years. It is also unfortunately the site of a disproportionately high number of missing Indigenous and Native Alaskan women. When Up and Vanished host, Payne Lindsey, receives a tip from one of his producers about Florence Okpealuk, an Alaskan native who went missing in 2020, he is drawn to the mystery of her disappearance...

The Up and Vanished team is back on the ground in Ocilla for the highly anticipated trial of Ryan Duke. Jury selection begins and the trial kicks off. For ad-free listening and for Payne’s exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices...

From the Up and Vanished team comes The Vanishing Point. Episode 2: The last confirmed sighting of 35 year old Emmilee Risling’s was on a cold Autumn day in October 2021. She was standing on Pecwan bridge but several reports place her at “the end of the road”; a remote area on the Yurok reservation. Our team travels to the end of the road to speak to the man some say knows more about Emmilee’s disappearance than he leads on...

Florence Okpealuk is not the first Alaska Native to go missing from Nome. Seventeen years prior, Sonya Ivanoff was reported missing by her roommates and was found murdered. The crime has forever left a mark on the relationship between the community and the local police department. Payne arrives in Nome and learns that not much has changed since Ivanoff's tragic end...

The Up and Vanished Team is on the ground in Ocilla reporting on the opening day of Ryan Duke’s trial for the murder of Tara Grinstead. For ad-free listening and for Payne’s exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the Up and Vanished team comes The Vanishing Point. Episode 3: The TFTV team looks into more cases of missing Indigenous people in Humboldt County and hears recurring themes… substance abuse, mental health and lawlessness. Is Humboldt County “The Wild West”? Follow on social @thevanishingpointpod To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2019 it was discovered that Nome had a history of neglected sexual assault cases and a new mayor decided to make it their mission to untangle hundreds of poorly investigated reports. Victoria Mackenzie takes us through her Pulitzer prize winning reporting and coverage of this failure to protect Alaska Native women. Follow the show on Instagram: @upandvanished Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses and early access starting on 2/23. {apple...